How can you argue with a strategy like this? Offer more power, better handling, better looks, and more safety, and then charge almost $5000 less than for the previous model. The new-for-’01 EuroVan offers a new torsion-bar front suspension that vastly improves road feel, a new electronic stability control (ESP) system designed to minimize skidding, bigger wheels, tires, and brakes, as well as a cleaner exterior look. But by far, the EuroVan’s biggest improvement is the addition of VW’s 2.8L. V-6 engine, which produces 201 hp and 181 Ib-ft of torque (compared to the old engine’s 140 and 177, respectively). At the track, the “unminivan” jumped off the line, stopped 60-0 in an unimpressive 125 ft, and slalomed like a coupe
There are two flavors of EuroVan now, the standard…